1991–92 Iraqi National League

Iraqi National League
Season	1991–92
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (3rd title)
Relegated	Al-Sulaikh
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Radhi; (34 goals)
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 18th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The competition started on 3 October 1991 and ended on 26 June 1992, with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya winning their third title.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya clinched the title on the final day of the season with a 1–0 win against Al-Zawraa, which was controversial due to Al-Zawraa having a goal ruled out for offside that would have won them the league if it was counted. Jawiya also won the Iraq FA Cup in this season to secure their first ever national double. Al-Khutoot Al-Jawiya (known as Al-Tayaran at the time) made their debut in the top division.^[1]^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	38	27	9	2	56	17	+39	63	League Champions and FA Cup Winners
2	Al-Zawraa	38	27	7	4	87	24	+63	61
3	Al-Karkh	38	26	8	4	70	29	+41	60
4	Al-Talaba	38	24	7	7	66	29	+37	55
5	Al-Shorta	38	17	12	9	33	21	+12	46
6	Al-Najaf	38	13	14	11	33	27	+6	40
7	Al-Tayaran	38	11	18	9	32	31	+1	40
8	Al-Naft	38	14	11	13	44	34	+10	39
9	Al-Minaa	38	12	13	13	39	42	−3	37
10	Al-Amana	38	10	14	14	26	34	−8	34
11	Al-Mosul	38	10	14	14	28	39	−11	34
12	Al-Salam	38	10	13	15	32	34	−2	33
13	Salahaddin	38	8	17	13	34	42	−8	33
14	Al-Shabab	38	6	21	11	28	39	−11	33
15	Samarra	38	9	13	16	27	47	−20	31
16	Al-Sinaa	38	9	13	16	26	48	−22	31
17	Al-Kut	38	6	15	17	22	48	−26	27
18	Al-Tijara	38	7	11	20	26	44	−18	25	Into play-offs^[a]
19	Al-Sulaikh	38	3	13	22	12	51	−39	19	Relegated via play-offs^[a]
20	Erbil	38	6	7	25	30	71	−41	19	Into play-offs^[a]

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c The relegation play-offs saw Al-Tijara, Al-Sulaikh, Erbil and Al-Bahri compete for two places in the top division. Al-Tijara and Erbil retained their place in the top division through the play-offs, while Al-Sulaikh were relegated and Al-Bahri remained in the Iraqi National Second Division.

Results

Home \ Away	AMN	KAR	KUT	MIN	MSL	NFT	NJF	QWJ	SLM	SHB	SHR	SIN	SUL	TLB	TAY	TIJ	ZWR	ERB	SAL	SMR
Al-Amana		0–3	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0
Al-Karkh	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1
Al-Kut	0–0	1–1		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Al-Minaa	2–0	2–3	1–0		3–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–0
Al-Mosul	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–1
Al-Naft	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0		2–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Al-Najaf	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–0		0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–0	0–0	0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0		3–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Al-Salam	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–2		0–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Al-Shabab	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–3	3–3
Al-Shorta	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		4–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
Al-Sinaa	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–4	3–0	0–0	2–0
Al-Sulaikh	0–2	0–4	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2		1–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1
Al-Talaba	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	5–0	0–0		1–0	3–2	2–3	4–1	3–0	1–0
Al-Tayaran	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	2–2
Al-Tijara	0–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–1		0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Zawraa	2–0	2–3	6–0	5–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	8–0	3–2	3–1	3–0		2–1	0–0	4–0
Erbil	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–2		2–4	3–1
Salahaddin	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–3		0–0
Samarra	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–5	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Ahmed Radhi	34	Al-Zawraa
2	Karim Saddam	22	Al-Zawraa
3	Saad Qais	20	Al-Karkh
4	Alaa Kadhim	17	Al-Talaba
4	Akram Emmanuel	17	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahmed Radhi	Al-Zawraa	Al-Talaba	3–2	3 October 1991
Talib Farih	Al-Sinaa	Samarra	3–1	1 November 1991
Karim Saddam	Al-Zawraa	Al-Kut	6–0	1 November 1991
Mohammed Toma	Al-Salam	Al-Sinaa	4–0	7 November 1991
Talib Farih	Al-Sinaa	Erbil	3–0	5 December 1991
Rahim Hameed	Al-Tayaran	Erbil	5–1	12 December 1991
Alaa Kadhim	Al-Talaba	Samarra	5–1	24 January 1992
Ali Hashim	Al-Najaf	Erbil	4–0	14 May 1992
Ahmed Radhi	Al-Zawraa	Al-Tayaran	3–1	12 June 1992

Awards

Top scorer: Ahmed Radhi (Al-Zawraa)
Best Player/MVP: Saad Qais (Al-Karkh)
Best Goalkeeper: Emad Hashim (Al-Shorta)
Best Coach: Adnan Dirjal (Al-Karkh)
Best Referee: Tariq Ahmed

References

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_res_RP0.51173751266288-3] The relegation play-offs saw Al-Tijara, Al-Sulaikh, Erbil and Al-Bahri compete for two places in the top division. Al-Tijara and Erbil retained their place in the top division through the play-offs, while Al-Sulaikh were relegated and Al-Bahri remained in the Iraqi National Second Division.

[sabti-1] Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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